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Time TrapHis face was as gaunt as the jungle mask and, when he lit a pipe and smoked it, you watched to see where the smoke would drift. It wasn't hard to picture it drifting over the mountains of the moon or across the...

Peril OrbitAcross the blazing face of the sun moved a round dark speck, a tiny, one-man space ship. It was very small, very close, and utterly helpless. The side facing the sun glowed dull red. Inside, Jim MacDonald stood glumly regarding the thermometer on...

Morley's WeaponOut of the far reaches of the universe sped the meteor swarm, cosmic question marks destined for annihilation in the sun. But one, approximately half a pound of frozen destruction, had a rendezvous near Japetus with Spaceboat 6. It was comfortably cool in...

Kekri-aatto: Tapaus Pohja-Savon korvestaKolkalla, kylmll ja synkill syys-illalla istui tmn pienen kirjasen teki, kyytimiehen kanssa, matka-rattaillaan palellen ja haukotellen. Ehk matkustin huvikseni, katsastamaan vaan pohjais-Suomen monenmuotoisia tienoja, toivoin min kuitenkin sydmestni, tmn pitkn, ikvn kestikivari-vlin pian loppuvan; sill kuranen tie oli nyt pakkasesta muuttunut...

Surveying and Levelling Instruments, Theoretically and Practically Described. - For construction, qualities, selection, preservation, adjustments, and uses; with other apparatus and appliances used by civil engineers and surveyors in the field.Since the publication of the Third Edition of this work, the author has been...

Jinx Ship to the RescueBrevet Lieutenant Commander David Farragut Strykalski III of the Tellurian Wing, Combined Solarian Navies, stood ankle deep in the viscous mud of Venusport Base and surveyed his new command with a jaundiced eye. The hot, slimy, greenish rain that drenched...

The castles and abbeys of England; Vol. 2 of 2 - from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authorsFROM THE NATIONAL RECORDS, EARLY CHRONICLES, AND OTHER STANDARD AUTHORS. BY WILLIAM BEATTIE, M.D., GRAD. OF EDIN.; MEMB. OF THE ROYAL COLL. OF PHYS.,...

Queens of old SpainIn a previous volume I have remarked upon the extremely small political significance of most of the Queens Consort of England, although socially the country has become what it is mainly through feminine influence. In Spain the exact reverse has happened,...

Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 2 (of 3)3. Of Homicide generally. 4. Of Real and Apparent Death. 5. Of the Physiological Causes, and Phenomena of Sudden Death. 6. Of Syncope. 7. Of Suffocation, by Drowning, Hanging, and other causes. 8. Death by exposure to ColdHeatLightningStarvation. 9....

Runovihkonen nuorisolle: Pieni valikoima alkuperäistä suomalaista runouttaPieni elmkerrallisia tietoja Laulu Suomessa. Jaakko Juteini Oma maa. Kallio Pskyselle. F. P. Kemelli Kotomaamme. Juh. Fr. Granlund Kevt. Juh. Fr. Granlund Varpunen. Abraham Poppius Punkaharjusta, Olli Kymlinen Surulaulu 1850 vuod. kiellosta. Antti Puhakka Savolaisen laulu. A. Oksanen...

The Burnt PlanetThe land was dark in the softly falling rain, and the smell of green things was in the air. The crew huddled in their cloaks and peered into the approaching dusk as they unloaded the great silver space ship. They were apprehensive...

Asleep in ArmageddonYou don't want death and you don't expect death. Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash.... Sale pried himself...

Spider Men of GharrKimball Trent was the last hope of a ravaged Earth, for locked in his mind were secrets that would bring freedom to the Barbs. He lacked but one thing to release the power of those secretsthe key to the riddle of...

The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. III., PP. 205-261, I-XXXV, PL. 21, February 19, 1892It was with no ordinary pleasure that the members of the National Geographic Society listened to the critical review and admirable essay on Bering's first expedition, 17251730, read before this Society,...

The Man the Sun-Gods MadeThey called him a god and worshipped him. He neither ate nor drank, nor breathed the wild free air, yet he was mighty beyond belief. But grief bowed those superbly-muscled shoulders, for he knew he was human. Tyr stood on...

Nuevas poesías y evangélicas - con un estudio del Dr. Alfredo PalaciosEl criterio utilizado para llevar a cabo esta transcripcin ha sido el de respetar las reglas de la Real Academia Espaola vigentes al momento de la publicacin de la obra, en 1918. El...

The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 6, April 1888The following is an extract from a modernized version of "The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Kt." He set out in 1322 and was thirty years in making his "Voyages and Travels," an account...

Love Among the RobotsHenry Ohm leaped to his feet, stared across the intervening ground at igloo number 2, plainly visible through the clear plastic walls. Its door had just been flung violently open. Then Sofi Jokai scooted out and fled madly across the jagged...

Company K, First Alabama Regiment; or, Three Years in the Confederate ServiceThe First Alabama Regiment of Infantry was organized under the Act of the Legislature authorizing the enlistment of troops for twelve months. Three companies were raised in Barbour county by Capts. Alpheus Baker,...

Claude's Confession"Claude's Confession," by mile Zola, is one of the most exciting and naturalistic romances that great author has ever produced. It is founded on his own life, and he himself, under the name of Claude, figures as the hero. The book is a...